In the fourth in the series, Nicky Bullard, incoming chairman and chief creative officer, MRM Meteorite; Ross Sleight, chief strategy officer, Somo; Malcolm Poynton, global chief creative officer, Cheil Worldwide; and Ben Plomion,...
Facebook has inked a deal with Tesco-owned research firm Dunnhumby which will give FMCG brands the ability to see how ads run on the platform effect in-store sales at the supermarket.
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Affiliate marketing is built on conversions. It’s perceived as a functional route to market, low risk in its purest sense and brilliant at generating great return on investment for retailers. It’s also mainstream with almost every...
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Members of the Tinder dating app risk having their extra-curricular activities documented for all and sundry to gawp at following the development of a new website which claims to be able to track members to their last known location.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has issued a belated retort to a highly critical piece published in the New York Times last August, by conceding that the company might not always have the best approach.
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Alibaba has announced that it has removed the paywall of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) newspaper it bought over a year ago, as approval for the acquisition was approved by SCMP shareholders at a meeting on 14 March.
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has cleared Bauer Media over charges of misleading its audience over the thorny issue of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in one of its competitions to win a trip to Israel.
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Messaging platform WhatsApp has been mostly encrypted for months. Yet today, according to a blog post by the company, the final phase of full encryption has been completed.
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The game itself was one for the ages — and it’s not a stretch to say that last night’s Villanova win at the buzzer was the best basketball game many people has ever seen. It’s also a testament to the power of live sports...
Chase Carey or Peter Chernin were being speculated on as possibles for the top job at Disney after it emerged that Tom Staggs, the COO long regarded as the heir apparent to Bob Iger, was to step down.
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As Neil Smythe, Shotglass Media's Head of Sport, wrote in a post for Found Remote late last month, sports fans, and particularly football fans, are engaging with the teams they love in very new ways.
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Keshet International is back at MIPTV and interactive elements are at the center of the formats they’re selling. Found Remote interviewed head of interactive, Ziv Rabinovich about Mako, their digital platform and how it’s a huge part...
108 Media, a Canada-based licensing and distribution company, announced this week at MIPTV in Cannes a new partnership with Viva Red. The two are launching and operating a mobile SVOD app called SeeMe, which will be distributed by China Mobile and...
Found Remote is hosting exclusive interviews from Applicaster’s booth again at MIPTV, the leading TV content marketplace and conference. Applicaster powers and builds apps for major TV networks around the world. General Manager of Europe for...
Whirlpool has teamed up with agency the Meredith Collective to launch the ‘Avo-Brand Pop-Up – a temporary social spot dedicated to the humble green fruit.
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Twitter has released a ‘message’ button which makes it easier to share a Tweet via a direct message (DM) and start a private conversation today (5 April).
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B2B marketers may be missing the point that corporate culture is under constant siege when it comes to data and information. When choosing a B2B agency, companies are increasingly looking towards marketers who comprehend the growing need for...
